# Grand Lobby **URL:** \ **Category:** Gallery\ **Created:** [November 25, 2012, 4:05pm UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/grand-lobby/43399 "2012-11-25T16:05:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![glorybound](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/chaosprd/user_avatar/forums.chaos.com/glorybound/32/53992_2.png) [@glorybound](https://forums.chaos.com/u/glorybound)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2012, 4:05pm UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/grand-lobby/43399/1 "2012-11-25T16:05:03Z")
Here is a lobby that I am working on, and I thought I would post early. ![lobby.jpg](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/chaosprd/original/3X/0/f/0ffced2d5c85382d00142e336c0e3400e1294718.jpeg) ![lobby.jpg](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/chaosprd/original/3X/e/0/e00eb2bd559e34fa9749021421574da2699e0721.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![joconnell](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/chaosprd/user_avatar/forums.chaos.com/joconnell/32/36063_2.png) [@joconnell](https://forums.chaos.com/u/joconnell)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2012, 6:14pm UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/grand-lobby/43399/2 "2012-11-25T18:14:58Z")
Good and clean. Much natural light getting into it? Have you got Detail enhancement or AO turned on in this render too? ---
**Author:** ![glorybound](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/chaosprd/user_avatar/forums.chaos.com/glorybound/32/53992_2.png) [@glorybound](https://forums.chaos.com/u/glorybound)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2012, 2:37am UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/grand-lobby/43399/3 "2012-11-26T02:37:45Z")
Just a simple default gray with a dirt map. ---
**Author:** ![rivoli](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/chaosprd/user_avatar/forums.chaos.com/rivoli/32/44395_2.png) [@rivoli](https://forums.chaos.com/u/rivoli)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2012, 9:47am UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/grand-lobby/43399/4 "2012-11-26T09:47:18Z")
as john says, I’d flood the room with bluish light coming from those windows. if they are in fact windows.. ---
**Author:** ![Kr0no](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5e9695/32.png) [@Kr0no](https://forums.chaos.com/u/Kr0no)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2012, 2:08pm UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/grand-lobby/43399/5 "2012-11-26T14:08:27Z")
This is a good start! Looking forward your render! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![mikeh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/258eb7/32.png) [@mikeh](https://forums.chaos.com/u/mikeh)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2012, 3:58pm UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/grand-lobby/43399/6 "2012-11-26T15:58:42Z")
very nice. You make the figurines or pick them up from a site like turbosquid? mh ---
**Author:** ![glorybound](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/chaosprd/user_avatar/forums.chaos.com/glorybound/32/53992_2.png) [@glorybound](https://forums.chaos.com/u/glorybound)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2012, 4:01pm UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/grand-lobby/43399/7 "2012-11-26T16:01:57Z")
I purchased the plaster above the fireplace, from Turbosquid. When I went looking for the figures, and saw the prices on Turbosquid, I looked elsewhere. I found tons of things, including the figures, on archive3d. **net** ---
**Author:** ![glorybound](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/chaosprd/user_avatar/forums.chaos.com/glorybound/32/53992_2.png) [@glorybound](https://forums.chaos.com/u/glorybound)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2012, 3:17pm UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/grand-lobby/43399/8 "2012-11-27T15:17:14Z")
I tried to use the rooms entrance to frame the space and the fireplace fell nicely into the bottom left 3rd. I think I am going to try some natural light, leaving the fixtures off. I had to crank the lights way up to get nice illumination, which makes the lights get blown out. ![farcroft - lobby.jpg](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/chaosprd/original/3X/1/1/113019d389e0b6c95a346a1c069cf3dc90654ab8.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![rivoli](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/chaosprd/user_avatar/forums.chaos.com/rivoli/32/44395_2.png) [@rivoli](https://forums.chaos.com/u/rivoli)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2012, 5:01pm UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/grand-lobby/43399/9 "2012-11-27T17:01:00Z")
really like this one, even though I think it may not be descriptive enough to give a proper feeling of the space. very intriguing framing though. I like the lighting too, and I think some cold light coming from the left would create some nice contrast. I’d leave the fixtures on though, even if toned down a bit. ---
**Author:** ![mario74](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/chaosprd/user_avatar/forums.chaos.com/mario74/32/41196_2.png) [@mario74](https://forums.chaos.com/u/mario74)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2012, 5:54pm UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/grand-lobby/43399/10 "2012-11-27T17:54:24Z")
very nice - and some soot on wall behind the flame and a used look down the fire? ---
**Author:** ![glorybound](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/chaosprd/user_avatar/forums.chaos.com/glorybound/32/53992_2.png) [@glorybound](https://forums.chaos.com/u/glorybound)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2012, 6:14pm UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/grand-lobby/43399/11 "2012-11-28T18:14:26Z")
I’m having a heck of a time getting my lights balanced, but I think it is coming along nicely. I have blue coming in, on the sides, from the outside. I have the fireplace with a nice orange glow, which is the strongest light source in the scene. The artificial lights were the most difficult , because I wanted it bright enough to light the room, but not to bright that they are blown out. Anyway, I’ll post tomorrow, if all goes well. ---
**Author:** ![glorybound](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/chaosprd/user_avatar/forums.chaos.com/glorybound/32/53992_2.png) [@glorybound](https://forums.chaos.com/u/glorybound)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2012, 9:13pm UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/grand-lobby/43399/12 "2012-11-29T21:13:23Z")
anybody willing to take a look at my scene? Everything seems tight, with nothing out-of-wack, but it’s not rendering. Here are my render settings and here are my materials ![2012-11-29_1507.png](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/chaosprd/original/3X/7/c/7c7f6bdd0ab929276bb30dcb3d8abfd9f9bde90b.png) ![2012-11-29_1506_001.png](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/chaosprd/original/3X/0/f/0fa114c8b4ebe24bee37b315909ce7cb0608285c.png) ![2012-11-29_1506.png](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/chaosprd/original/3X/4/8/485b7b13dee013a64163892a1009d992771842fe.png) ![2012-11-29_1508_002.png](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/chaosprd/original/3X/1/6/16cbe92b0770210bdc88abefc39c42de356d3d47.png) ![2012-11-29_1508_001.png](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/chaosprd/original/3X/8/0/807032e0568d282c53631e77a44fed87a80d747d.png) ---
**Author:** ![glorybound](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/chaosprd/user_avatar/forums.chaos.com/glorybound/32/53992_2.png) [@glorybound](https://forums.chaos.com/u/glorybound)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2012, 9:14pm UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/grand-lobby/43399/13 "2012-11-29T21:14:04Z")
and my lights if you would like, I can post my scene. This has to go out tomorrow! ![2012-11-29_1508_003.png](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/chaosprd/original/3X/f/e/fe6abe58ee438e5ea33e48d10e91d2b4dd084459.png) ---
**Author:** ![glorybound](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/chaosprd/user_avatar/forums.chaos.com/glorybound/32/53992_2.png) [@glorybound](https://forums.chaos.com/u/glorybound)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2012, 9:17pm UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/grand-lobby/43399/14 "2012-11-29T21:17:40Z")
when I say that it doesn’t render, I mean the initial buckets just sit there for hours. Here is [the scene](http://www.sendspace.com/pro/dl/feuwhf) $25.00 Paypal for anyone who can help before 5:00pm 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![glorybound](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/chaosprd/user_avatar/forums.chaos.com/glorybound/32/53992_2.png) [@glorybound](https://forums.chaos.com/u/glorybound)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2012, 9:45pm UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/grand-lobby/43399/15 "2012-11-29T21:45:06Z")
some good stuff in the model, too 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![MoonDoggie](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/chaosprd/user_avatar/forums.chaos.com/moondoggie/32/68517_2.png) [@MoonDoggie](https://forums.chaos.com/u/MoonDoggie)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2012, 9:52pm UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/grand-lobby/43399/16 "2012-11-29T21:52:40Z")
Taking a look. What’s it doing Bobby? ---
**Author:** ![glorybound](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/chaosprd/user_avatar/forums.chaos.com/glorybound/32/53992_2.png) [@glorybound](https://forums.chaos.com/u/glorybound)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2012, 9:56pm UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/grand-lobby/43399/17 "2012-11-29T21:56:20Z")
I have been tweaking settings for 2 days. Low settings are awful and high settings will take days. The settings now are pretty low, which is what I posted. I did crank up the exterior lights, and I use a 100 watt template for the interior lights. The materials are all pretty basic. ---
**Author:** ![glorybound](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/chaosprd/user_avatar/forums.chaos.com/glorybound/32/53992_2.png) [@glorybound](https://forums.chaos.com/u/glorybound)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2012, 10:05pm UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/grand-lobby/43399/18 "2012-11-29T22:05:15Z")
I can come back in an hour, and it’ll be sitting right here. All the cores are engaging, but nothing moves. The pre-passes and lightcache went pretty fast, but the render stalls. ![2012-11-29_1558.jpg](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/chaosprd/original/3X/5/a/5a6a20288304c031557ea3ce10b240a745624bd6.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![MoonDoggie](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/chaosprd/user_avatar/forums.chaos.com/moondoggie/32/68517_2.png) [@MoonDoggie](https://forums.chaos.com/u/MoonDoggie)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2012, 10:05pm UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/grand-lobby/43399/19 "2012-11-29T22:05:45Z")
Please note for anyone downloading: This is a max 2013 file. ---
**Author:** ![joconnell](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/chaosprd/user_avatar/forums.chaos.com/joconnell/32/36063_2.png) [@joconnell](https://forums.chaos.com/u/joconnell)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2012, 10:09pm UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/grand-lobby/43399/20 "2012-11-29T22:09:05Z")
So back to Irmap for the primary for one thing. On your materials, your high anti aliasing is going to undermine any material sampling, but your material sampling is so low that you’re going to end up going through every level of the 1 to 24 anti aliasing steps. I’d up your dmc sampler threshold to 0.01, set the adaptive amount to 0.9 to let it work adaptively, likely lower your max aa and start upping your material and light samples. [Next page](https://forums.chaos.com/t/grand-lobby/43399.md?page=2)